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South African Class KM 0-6-0+0-6-0
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1904· 1904 articulated steam locomotive
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- 1. SAR Class KM no. 1600 (0-6-0+0-6-0): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class KM 0-6-0+0-6-0 of 1904 was an articulated steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal Colony.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Served for 14 years (1904–1918).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Central South African Railways, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0+0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565647, Wikipedia: South African Class KM 0-6-0+0-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.